While Shen Mingzhi was drinking egg drop soup, Jiang Guofu carried the child downstairs, while Jiang Shaochen stood guard beside her, asking, "Are you still scared?"
Jiang Shao Chen still vividly remembers the way she huddled in his arms, trembling, when he went to pick her up.
Shen Mingzhi handed him the bowl and gently shook her head, "I'm not afraid anymore after a good night's sleep."
Jiang Shaozhen stayed in the room with her for a while, then went downstairs with her.
Shen Mingzhi didn't suffer much, but she was quite frightened.
In the living room, Jiang Yinyin was watching a martial arts drama on a black-and-white TV. When she saw Jiang Shaochen leading her downstairs, she snorted coldly.
She had many curses in her heart, but because Jiang Shao Chen was there, she dared not act rashly and could only keep them to herself.
After Shen Mingzhi finished eating, Jiang Shaozhen had to go to the hospital in the afternoon. Before leaving, he pulled Jiang Yinyin outside and warned her, "You better behave yourself while I'm not around. If you dare to speak rudely to your sister-in-law, I'll beat you up!"
Jiang Yinyin, seething with anger, pushed him away. "She's not my sister-in-law, and this is my house! If you're so protective of her, then go and live with her outside!"
Shen Mingzhi was inside the house when she heard Jiang Yinyin deliberately raising her voice, and she thought that what Jiang Yinyin said made a lot of sense.
"Keep your voice down!" For the first time, Jiang Shao Chen felt an itch to punch someone.
"Why do you have to speak so softly? Are you afraid she'll hear you? She's not even a member of the Jiang family. She's just hanging around in my house. She's shameless!" Jiang Yinyin said, then turned and ran into the house.
Jiang Shaozhen suppressed his anger and followed her in. He saw Shen Mingzhi sitting in the living room watching TV. Before he could say anything, Jiang Yinyin, who was passing by, unplugged the TV.
"Jiang Yinyin, do you deserve a beating?!" Jiang Shaochen said, then quickly walked over and plugged the TV back in.
Shen Mingzhi sat on the sofa and saw his angry expression, but she wasn't angry at all. Instead, she said, "I don't think it's realistic for me to live in your house."
"Then we'll discuss it again when my parents come back tonight." Jiang Shao Chen really wanted to keep her here, but Jiang Yin Yin was such a grown woman, they couldn't control her even if they wanted to, since she was the one who had the final say.
Shen Mingzhi nodded. "You've been going to the hospital so frequently today. Is something wrong with your health?"
"No, I had the hospital test my blood this morning. I'm going to pick up the results now and send them to the Medical Research Institute," Jiang Shaozhen replied.
Shortly after he left, Jiang Yinyin came downstairs.
Seeing Shen Mingzhi sitting in the living room, watching the drama with great interest, she was filled with resentment.
If it weren't for her, her second brother and father wouldn't have hit her.
As she walked downstairs, she stared at Shen Mingzhi and said, "You can stay here. When I'm in a bad mood, I'll strangle your son. Anyway, when the Song family takes full revenge on the Jiang family, I might be able to get them to show leniency by strangling your child."
Shen Mingzhi knew she was deliberately threatening her, but upon hearing her say that, she still stood up abruptly, turned to look at her, and said, word by word, "Try touching them."
Jiang Yinyin wasn't afraid of her. Instead, she approached her and said, "If I were you, I wouldn't be so shameless. The Song family is targeting you now, but soon they'll be targeting my second brother and my father. Uncle Song is the district head; he can easily deal with my second brother and my father."
“I don’t want to argue with you either, but Song Wanyin and my second brother grew up together as childhood sweethearts. Go ask around this compound, everyone knows they’ll get married in the future. Because of you, Song Wanyin has lost face, and the Song family definitely won’t let this go. My second brother is in this situation because Song Wanyin begged her father,” Jiang Yinyin continued.
"I've mentioned divorce to your second brother, but as you know, it was no use." Shen Mingzhi was finally persuaded by her.
She certainly knew something about Song Wanyin and Jiang Shaochen's affair.
However, she was unaware that Song Wanyin had also assisted Jiang Shaozhen in securing his current position.
To put it bluntly, it was just a man who got something out of Song Wanyin and then dumped her.
If what Jiang Yinyin said is true, then it's understandable why the Song family is so angry.
"Because you've never made it clear. If you told him you're annoyed with him and hate him, would he still stay with you? If you want the benefits from our Jiang family, don't make it sound so nice! My second brother isn't as shameless as you!" Jiang Yinyin finished speaking and prepared to leave.
After she left, Shen Mingzhi couldn't concentrate on watching TV anymore.
If what Jiang Yinyin said is true, her continued presence here will only bring misfortune to the Jiang family.
In the afternoon, Jiang Qing returned first, and she looked very unwell.
As soon as she got home, she went to the landline and made a phone call.
After making the call, she immediately asked, "So, what did the higher-ups say about my man? Is he coming back tonight?"
Shen Mingzhi listened to this and felt uneasy.
Has the Song family really started targeting the Jiang family, just as Jiang Yinyin said?
“You all know what kind of person he is. He’s been an honest man his whole life… You mean the time we mobilized people to look for someone?” Jiang Qing paused for a moment, then lowered her voice, “I understand. I’ll call you back later.”
After hanging up, she looked at Shen Mingzhi, her brows furrowed, and her tone was somewhat disdainful, "You, as the mother, just leave the child with Aunt Wang? Aunt Wang still has to cook!"
“The two children are sleeping upstairs, and Aunt Wang went to buy oil,” Shen Mingzhi explained to her.
"Go upstairs, I need to make a phone call, it's not convenient for you to listen." Jiang Qing looked annoyed.
Shen Mingzhi could only return to Jiang Shaochen's room first.
It seems Jiang Guofu has been taken away for investigation and may not be back tonight... Sure enough, it was all his own doing that has put the Jiang family in such a precarious situation.
Shen Mingzhi dislikes Jiang Yinyin, that's true, but if the Song family continues to suppress the Jiang family because of her... she probably wouldn't be able to accept that either.
Downstairs, Jiang Qing dialed the number again. After the call connected, she whispered, "When he sent people to look for someone, it wasn't to do anything bad; it was just to find a woman."
“My son was indeed in Lishan during that time…” Jiang Qing didn’t know what to say anymore. She felt that she couldn’t cover up the fact that Jiang Shaozhen had bullied Shen Mingzhi in Lishan.
The woman who bullied his comrade-in-arms... How could Jiang Shaozhen bear such a crime?
Even if the Jiang family says he was ill at the time, who would believe it? Jiang Shao Chen has been going to the hospital frequently lately, undergoing all sorts of tests, but the doctors can't find anything wrong with him. By the time the results from the medical research institute come out, it will be too late.
"My man was indeed called in for questioning, wasn't he?" Jiang Qing's voice trailed off, revealing only her helplessness in the face of the situation.
After hanging up the phone, she sat back on the sofa and gently pinched the bridge of her nose.
Although it was a good thing that Shen Mingzhi gave birth to a child for the Jiang family, it was also because of her arrival that everything in the Jiang family became uncontrollable.
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